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The ''' Oakland Athletics ''', often abbreviated as the Oakland A's, are a [[Major League Baseball]] team in the [[American League]] West Division.
The ''' Oakland Athletics ''', often abbreviated as the Oakland A's, are a [[Major League Baseball]] team in the [[American League]] West Division.
The team originated in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics (the term "Athletic" referred to athletic "gentlemen's clubs" of the late 1800's and early 1900's; in those days the term referred to clubs organized for amateur athletic competition, as opposed to the modern use of the term as a euphemism for places featuring nudity). The team relocated to [[Kansas City, Missouri]] in 1955 and again to Oakland in 1968.
The team originated in 1901 as the Philadelphia Athletics (the term "Athletic" referred to athletic "gentlemen's clubs" of the late 1800's and early 1900's; in those days the term referred to clubs organized for amateur athletic competition, as opposed to the modern use of the term as a euphemism for places featuring nudity). The team relocated to [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]] in 1955 and again to Oakland in 1968.
The team itself has been among the more successful of American League franchises (it has won nine World Series and 15 American League pennants, though during its Kansas City tenure it won none of either); however, it has been plagued by poor attendance and financial woes (due in part to being located in the same metropolitan area as the more-established [[San Francisco Giants]] and by being located in Oakland as opposed to the Giants being located in wealthier San Francisco).
The team itself has been among the more successful of American League franchises (it has won nine World Series and 15 American League pennants, though during its Kansas City tenure it won none of either); however, it has been plagued by poor attendance and financial woes (due in part to being located in the same metropolitan area as the more-established [[San Francisco Giants]] and by being located in Oakland as opposed to the Giants being located in wealthier San Francisco).